Sunday
October 30, 2005 (Posted
Sunday 9:32 P.M. EST.)

Bears leash Bulldogs, 4-2

The headlines will read that
the Hershey Bears defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4-2. The bigger
news, though, is that the visitors played half of the game minus
two players, as Louis Robitaille (17:32 of 1st period) and Chris
Bourque (6:09 of 2nd period) left the game with injuries. In fact,
Bourque---hit by Hamilton's Johnathan Aitken---was stretchered
from the Copps Coliseum ice, but flashed the "Thumbs up" as he
exited the playing surface. Tomas Fleischmann (1 goal, 1 assist)
extended his scoring streak to 8 games, while Graham Mink pocketed
2 scores, and goaltender Frederic Cassivi (4-3-1) turned aside
28 of 30 shots faced for the victorious Bears (5-3-0-2, 12 points).
Corey Locke and J.F. Jacques paced the Bulldogs (3-6-0, 6 points)
with a goal apiece, while netminder Alfie Michaud (2-4-0) suffered
the defeat with 35 saves.

Game Factoids: Hershey
finished 3-6 on the power-play, while Hamilton ended at 2-9
the Bears outshot the Bulldogs 39-30 Aitken was assessed an
attempt to injure match penalty, and likely faces further discipline
by the AHL with an assist on Fleischmann's 2nd period power
play marker, Hamilton native Joey Tenute stretched his point streak
to 7 games (4G, 4A) for Hershey during his 8-game scoring spree,
Fleischmann has collected 4 goals and 8 assists over the last
6 contests, Bears RW Jakub Klepis has posted 1G, 6A in the first
10 games of the 05/06 season, Mink has rang up 3 multi-goal games
for the Bears Hershey ran its mark to 10 straight games with
at least one man advantage score Robitaille left the game after
receiving a hit from Bulldogs enforcer Peter Vandermeer. Vandermeer
later fought Hershey's Nolan Yonkman at the 13:36 mark of the
2nd period, suffering the loss to the 6-6, 247 lb Bears d-man
with a helper on Mink's 1st period tally, Boyd Gordon registered
his first point in a Bears jersey Ron Hainsey, the 13th overall
pick in the 2000 NHL draft, finished with 2 assists for Hamilton
time of game was 2 hours, 47 minutes Hershey Head Coach Bruce
Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense,
with Fleischmann, Gordon, and Mink at forward after missing
Saturday's game in Toronto with a groin pull, D Martin Wilde returned
to the Bears lineup Healthy scratches from Hershey included
LW Owen Fussey and RW Jonas Johansson. D J.F. Fortin (groin),
G Maxime Ouellet (healthy), D Dwayne Zinger (groin) were also
scratched, and did not accompany the team on the trip 3 Stars
of the Game: (1) Mink , (2) Hainsey, (3) Fleischmann referee
Francois St. Laurent.

6 Degrees of Separation:
Bulldogs D Dan Smith played in Hershey from 1997-2001, joining
the Bears in the spring of '97 en route to their Calder Cup Championship
Series victory over Hamilton. Smith was a teammate of Bears captain
Boyd Kane with Springfield in 02/03 Hamilton D Jeff Paul played
with Hershey from 2001-2003 during his 4 seasons with the Montreal
Rocket (QMJHL), Bears D Louis Robitaille played alongside the
Bulldogs' Michael Lambert, Maxim Lapierre, and Cory Urquhart
Hamilton LW Peter Vandermeer played with Kane during the 03/04
season in Philadelphia, where he led the AHL with 398 penalty
minutes during his portions of 2 seasons with the Cincinnati
Mighty Ducks, Bulldogs LW Ryan Barnes was a teammate of injured
Bears d-man Dwayne Zinger while a member of the Quebec Ramparts
(QMJHL), Hamilton D Jean-Philippe Cote played with Bears goalie
Maxime Ouellet Bulldogs RW Duncan Milroy was a teammate of Hershey
D Lawrence Nycholat for 2 seasons with the Swift Current Broncos
(WHL). Nycholat also played alongside Hamilton C Garth Murray
with the Hartford Wolf Pack.

Coming Up: The Bears
continue their 5-game road swing with a 7:05 PM match-up against
the Cleveland Barons on Tuesday at the Quicken Loans Arena. Hershey
last played Cleveland during the 2003/04 season, and owns a 7-1-0-0
all-time record against the Barons. It will be the only Tuesday
contest Hershey plays in the 2005/06 campaign.

Saturday
October 29, 2005 (Posted
Saturday 10:27 P.M. EST.)

Bears claw back to earn point

...but lose 4-3 in shootout
to Marlies

The good news is that the
Hershey Bears earned a point on Saturday, coming back from 2 goals
down to tie the game in the later stages of the 3rd period. Unfortunately,
even after Hershey took a 2-0 lead in the shootout, three straight
Toronto Marlies shooters would beat goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck,
giving the home team a 4-3 win before 4,875 fans Saturday night
at the Ricoh Coliseum. Ben Ondrus, Andy Wozniewski, and Brad Leeb
posted goals for the Marlies (3-5-0, 6 points), while goaltender
J.F. Racine (1-2-0) turned aside 30 of 33 shots faced as Toronto
snapped a 4-game losing streak. Eric Fehr, Graham Mink, and Joey
Tenute lit the lamp for Hershey (4-3-0-2, 10 points), with Daubenspeck
(1-0-1) finishing with 29 saves.

Game Factoids: Hershey
finished 1-7 on the power-play, while Toronto ended at 2-10
the Bears outshot the Marlies 33-32 Tenute has registered points
in 6 consecutive games, and goals in 4 of the last 5 with an
assist on Tenute's 3rd period tally, LW Tomas Fleischmann extended
his point streak to 7 games the Bears have recorded at least
1 power play goal in all 9 games this season Hershey mustered
only 12 shots through the first two periods, including just 4
in the 2nd frame. In the 3rd period, the Bears outgunned the Marlies
19-4 Hershey had only 1 power play opportunity through the first
40 minutes of action Murphy finished with a game-high 8 shots
for Toronto Bears D/F Louis Robitaille, who was assessed a boarding
major and game misconduct for a hit on Wilkes-Barre's Chris Kelleher
on Friday, was back in the lineup. Kelleher, who supposedly suffered
a concussion from the Robitaille hit, was back in the Penguins
lineup on Saturday The Bears are 0-2 in shootouts this season.
In the 04/05 campaign, Hershey had a mark of 7-2 in shootouts
Daubenspeck was making just his 2nd start in goal for Hershey
this season Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Jakub
Cutta and Nolan Yonkman on defense, with Jared Aulin, Tomas Fleischmann,
and Graham Mink at forward scratched from Hershey were: D J.F.
Fortin (groin), RW Jonas Johansson (healthy), D Martin Wilde (healthy),
and D Dwayne Zinger (groin) Marlies Assistant Coach Joe Paterson
was LW with Hershey from 1984-1986 3 Stars of the Game: (1)
Wozniewski , (2) Racine, (3) Tenute referee Bob Langdon.

Coming Up: On, Sunday,
Hershey finishes its Canadian tour with a 4 PM stop at the Copps
Coliseum to take on the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Bears, who haven't
played the Bulldogs since the 2001/02 season (2/6/02 to be exact,
1-0 Bears win at Hershey Park Arena), have a 9-6-3 lead in the
all-time regular season series.

Friday
October 28, 2005 (Posted
Friday 10:45 P.M. EST.)

Bears drop third straight to
Penguins, 5-2

Robitaille boarding major deflates
Hershey momentum

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Penguins continued their winning (and unbeaten) ways, dropping
the Hershey Bears 5-2 before 8,023 fans Friday night at the Wachovia
Arena. Only 12 seconds after Hershey tied the game at 1-1 in the
2nd period, Louis Robitaille was assessed a boarding major and
game misconduct for a hit on Penguins D Chris Kelleher, draining
any energy the Bears had after evening the score moments beforehand.
Michel Ouellet (3 assists), Tomas Surovy (2 goals), and Erik Christensen
(1G, 1A) led the way on offense for Wilkes-Barre (8-0-0-0, 16
points), while goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (5-0-0) turned aside
25 of 27 shots faced. Joey Tenute and Jakub Klepis paced the Hershey
(4-3-0-1, 9 points) offense with a goal apiece, with goalie Frederic
Cassivi (3-3-0) suffering the loss in net with 24 saves.

Game Factoids: Hershey
finished 1-9 on the power-play, while Wilkes-Barre ended at 2-7
the Bears were outshot by the Penguins 29-27 Tenute has now
registered points in 5 straight games, and has scored goals in
3 of the last 4 contests with an assist on Tenute's 2nd period
tally, Bears LW Tomas Fleischmann extended his point streak to
6 games RW Jonas Johansson earned his first point of the 05/06
campaign on Klepis' first goal of the season Kelleher did not
return to the game the Bears have netted power play goals in
all 8 games this season with WBS' Ryan Lannon pocketing a short-handed
score early in the 3rd period, Hershey has now allowed 3 short-handed
goals this season, 2 of which have been given up in games at Wilkes-Barre
this season. The Bears allowed only 7 "Shorties" during the 04/05
campaign Christensen (17 points) currently sits 3rd in the AHL
scoring race, while teammate Ouellet (15 points) stands tied for
4th D Martin Wilde was the only Hershey skater to not register
a shot on goal in the game Fleischmann and RW Graham Mink both
finished a game-low -3 newly-assigned RW Boyd Gordon made his
Bears debut, donning jersey #13 G Kirk Daubenspeck served as
backup to Cassivi Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started
Lawrence Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense, with Chris Bourque,
Eric Fehr, and Gordon at forward scratched from Hershey were:
C Jared Aulin (groin), D J.F. Fortin (groin), LW Owen Fussey (healthy),
C Brooks Laich (NHL recall), G Maxime Ouellet (healthy), and D
Dwayne Zinger (groin) 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Ouellet , (2)
Christensen , (3) Lannon referee Jeff Smith.

Coming Up: From Wilkes-Barre,
Hershey next heads to Toronto, where they'll make their inaugural
visit to the Ricoh Coliseum to take on the Marlies at 7 PM on
Saturday. The Marlies relocated to "TO" from St. John's, New Foundland
this past off-season, having spent the previous 14 seasons as
the Maple Leafs American Hockey League affiliate on "The Rock."

Tuesday
October 25, 2005 (Posted
Sunday 11:45 P.M. EST.)

Coming and going

Laich recalled to Washington;
Gordon assigned to Hershey

On Tuesday, the Washington Capitals announced
that they have recalled C Brooks Laich from Hershey, and assigned
RW Boyd Gordon to the Bears. In 7 games with Hershey this season,
Laich has registered 10 points (6G, 4 A), good enough to lead
the team in scoring while placing 8th in the American Hockey
League. He joins a Capitals team that is in desperate need of
goal scoring, ranking 29th in the NHL with just 20 goals scored
in their first 9 games of the 2005/06 season. Laich will be
with the Caps when they travel to Rochester, NY on Wednesday
for their first neutral-site, regular season contest in 11 years,
taking on the Buffalo Sabres at 7 PM from the Blue Cross Arena.
On October 14th, Laich compiled 3 points (1G, 2A) as the Bears
defeated the Rochester Americans 5-3 at the Blue Cross Arena.
He joins D Mike Green as Hershey players recalled to Washington
this season.

Gordon, who turned 22 on October 19th,
appeared in all 9 of Washington's regular season games this
season, going scoreless with 4 penalty minutes. His experience
prior to the 05/06 campaign includes 4 seasons with the Red
Deer Rebels (WHL), all or parts of 2 seasons with the Portland
Pirates, and 43 games with the Capitals during the 2003/04 season.
In 04/05, he was the only member of the Pirates to play in all
80 games, finishing 3rd on the team in goals (17) and points
(39). Originally, he was Washington's 1st round choice (17th
overall) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, taken one selection after
current Bears RW Jakub Klepis (taken 16th overall by Ottawa).
Gordon joins G Maxime Ouellet and D Nolan Yonkman as Washington
players assigned to Hershey during the regular season.

Sunday
October 23, 2005 (Posted
Sunday 10:25 P.M. EST.)

Current Bears Statistical Leaders
(through 10-23-05)

Games: Seven Players
tied at 7

Goals: 6 (Brooks
Laich)

Assists: 6 (Chris
Bourque)

Points: 10 (Brooks
Laich)

PIMs: 35 (Louis
Robitaille)

+/-: +3 (Tomas
Fleischmann)

PPGs: 5 (Brooks
Laich)

SHGs: 1 (Tomas
Fleischmann)

GWGs: 1 (Jared
Aulin, Chris Bourque, Eric Fehr, Graham Mink)

Shots: 23 (Brooks
Laich)

Games: 6 (Frederic Cassivi)

Minutes: 322 (Frederic Cassivi)

Wins: 3 (Frederic Cassivi)

Losses: 2 (Frederic Cassivi)

Shutouts: N/A

G.A.A.: 2.01 (Kirk Daubenspeck)

Save %: .941 (Kirk Daubenspeck)

Sunday
October 23, 2005 vs. Binghamton(Posted
Sunday 10:25 P.M. EST.)

Once again, power plays propel
Bears to victory

Four man advantage scores give
Hershey 5-2 win over Bingo

Even strength scores have
been scarce at times, but the power play is working just fine,
as the Hershey Bears capitalized on four occasions to drop the
visiting Binghamton Senators 5-2 before 5,391 fans Sunday night
at the Giant Center. Chris Bourque (2G, 1A), Lawrence Nycholat
(1G, 2A), and former B-Sen Brooks Laich (2 goals) led the way
on offense for Hershey (4-2-0-1, 9 points), while goaltender Frederic
Cassivi (3-2-1) turned aside 17 of 19 shots faced in the victory.
Greg Watson and Jeff Heerema provided the goal scoring, with goalie
Billy Thompson (0-3-1) finishing with 41 saves in the loss for
last-place Binghamton (0-4-1-0, 1 point).

Game Factoids: Face-offs
won (unofficial): Hershey: 30, Binghamton: 30 Hershey finished
4-9 on the power-play, while Binghamton ended at 2-4 the Bears
outshot the Senators 46-19. The 46 shots ties a season high, while
the 19 shots allowed were a season low Laich and Fleischmann
extended their point streaks to 5 games Laich has registered
multi-point games in 4 of the last 5 contests; and haunted his
former team with 4 goals in 2 games this weekend Bourque has
notched 3, multi-point games this season C Joey Tenute has points
in 4 consecutive contests (2G, 2A) RW Jakub Klepis has assists
in 3 straight games Cassivi earned an assist on Bourque's second
goal of the game G Kirk Daubenspeck returned to the lineup as
back-up to Cassivi Binghamton did not register their first shot
on goal in the 2nd period until the 10:00 mark the Bears have
scored at least one power play goal in each of their first seven
games this season Hershey rang up a season-high 20 shots on
goal in the 1st period all 17 Hershey skaters finished with
at least one shot on goal in the game the Bears improved to
4-0-0-1 when leading after the 1st period Hershey's 17 power
play goals lead the AHL, while their 24.6% rate on the man advantage
ranks 4th the Bears allowed a season low 4 power play opportunities
Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat
and Mark Wotton on defense, with Tomas Fleischmann, Laich, and
Graham Mink at forward scratched from Hershey were: C Jared
Aulin (groin), D J.F. Fortin (groin), LW Owen Fussey (healthy),
G Maxime Ouellet (healthy), and D Dwayne Zinger (groin) 3 Stars
of the Game: (1) Bourque , (2) Laich , (3) Nycholat referee
Bob Langdon.

Coming Up: Hershey
hits the road for five games, starting Friday evening at the Wachovia
Arena in Wilkes-Barre at 7 PM. The Bears are 0-1-0-1 against the
1st place Penguins this season, dropping one-goal losses to their
division rivals to start the 2005/06 campaign.

This Brooks Laich
shot finds its way past Binghamton goalie Billy Thompson, giving
the Bears a 1-0 lead 7:16 into the 1st period.

Bears D Lawrence
Nycholat pockets this 2nd period power play score to give Hershey
a 2-0 advantage.

Cassivi and Bears
d-man Jakub Cutta react as Greg Watson's power play strike cuts
the Hershey lead to 3-1 at the 12:33 mark of the 2nd period.

Hershey would reassume
a three goal lead when this Brooks Laich right circle blast found
its way past Billy Thompson with 1:52 remaining in the 2nd period.

Binghamton captain
Denis Hamel (left) is at the doorstep, but Jeff Heerema's (not
pictured) power play shot would get past Cassivi with 51 seconds
left in the 2nd period.

Bears rookie Chris
Bourque nets his second goal of the game at 1:58 of the 3rd period,
getting the puck past Senators D Filip Novak (#4) and Thompson
to give Hershey a 5-2 lead that would stand the final 18 minutes.
Bourque, who finished with 2 goals and an assist, earned 1st star
of the game honors.

Wolf Pack take wild one over
Bears 6-5

They may have been down, but
the Hershey Bears certainly were not out on Saturday evening.
Even after Hartford saddled the Bears with a 6-2 deficit, Hershey
rallied with three scores in the later stages of the 3rd period,
but couldn't net the equalizer as the Wolf Pack left Chocolatetown
with a 6-5 win before 6,116 at the Giant Center. Graham Mink (2
goals), Tomas Fleischmann and Lawrence Nycholat (1G, 1A), and
Chris Bourque (2 assists) led the way on offense for Hershey (3-2-0-1,
7 points), while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (2-2-0-1)---who replaced
starter Maxime Ouellet early in the 3rd period---suffered the
hard-luck loss, allowing only the game-winning tally in his near-20
minutes of action. Dwight Helminen and Nigel Dawes each registered
a goal and an assist, while Thomas Pock collected 2 assists and
Chris Holt (1-2-0) turned aside 41 shots as Hartford (2-2-1-0,
5 points) snapped a 3-game losing streak; and in turn, ended Hershey's
3-game winning streak.

Game Factoids: Face-offs
won (unofficial): Hershey: 47, Hartford: 33 Hershey finished
2-12 on the power-play, while Hartford ended at 0-7 the Bears
outshot the Wolf Pack 46-24. The 46 shots taken were a season
high, while the 24 shots allowed were a season low seeing his
first action of the 05/06 regular season, Ouellet stopped 14 of
19 shots faced in just over two periods worth of duty with an
assist on Fleischmann's goal, C Brooks Laich ran his scoring streak
to 4 games (4G, 3A). Fleischmann has a 4-game point streak of
his own intact (3G, 4A) 5 of 6 Hershey games this season have
been decided by one goal (2-2-0-1) Bears C Dave Steckel finished
a game-low -3 earlier in the day, the Washington Capitals reassigned
D Nolan Yonkman to Hershey. The 6-6, 235 lb d-man made his Bears
debut, wearing jersey #33 Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau
started Nycholat and Mark Wotton on defense, with Eric Fehr, Boyd
Kane, and Jakub Klepis at forward scratched from Hershey were:
C Jared Aulin (groin), G Kirk Daubenspeck (healthy), D J.F. Fortin
(groin), RW Jonas Johansson (healthy), and D Martin Wilde (healthy)
3 Stars of the Game: (1) Pock, (2) Dawes, (3) Mink Hartford
LW Fedor Fedorov is the younger brother of NHL superstar Sergei
Fedorov Wolf Pack rookie RW Hugh Jessiman, the 12th overall
pick in the 2003 NHL Draft out of Dartmouth, has yet to register
a point this season referee Chris Brown worked his second Bears
game in as many nights The Bears sported turn-back-the-clock-style
1973/74 jerseys, a season in which they captured their 5th Calder
Cup Championship. Total bids in the post-game auction fetched
$34,300 for charity, with the Dean Arsene ($6100), Chris Bourque
($2700), and Louis Robitaille ($2000) garnering the highest bids.
In terms of record bids, the $6100 for Arsene's sweater stands
second only to Evgeny Lazarev's retro 1935/36 Bears throwback
jersey, which topped out at a whopping $8000 back on 12/1/01

Saturday's alright for
fighting: The game featured 3 fights, beginning with Dwayne
Zinger and Martin Grenier exchanging blows at the end of the 1st
period. The donnybrook occurred after Hartford's Ryan Hollweg
leveled Robitaille near the Hershey bench, resulting in a scrum
involving several players on both sides. Grenier looked strong
in the first half, throwing several unanswered lefts that found
their mark. Zinger came on in the second half, landing a few rights.
Decision: Grenier Louis Robitaille and Craig Weller went at
the 2:51 mark of the 3rd, with Weller getting the takedown in
a quasi-wrestling match. Weller also earned instigator and 10-minute
misconduct penalties Arsene and Joe Rullier finished the evening's
extracurricular activities at 13:16 of the 3rd. Moments before,
Arsene had dropped his gloves in attempt to go with Wolf Pack
C Alexandre Giroux, who did not oblige. Arsene did not get whistled
for the glove-drop, but during the lull in action, found a willing
partner in Rullier near the Hershey blueline. The Bears d-man
got his mitts off quickly, catching the 'Pack defender with a
couple of shots before Rullier landed on top of Arsene, hitting
the defenseman several times as he was on the ice.

6 Degrees of Separation:
Nycholat played all or parts of the last 2 seasons in Hartford
Arsene patrolled the blueline for Hartford during the 2002/03
campaign Giroux was teammates with Ouellet in the QMJHL (with
Rouyn-Noranda in 00/01), and with Laich in Binghamton (03/04)
Hartford D Bryce Lampman spent time with the Kamloops Blazers
(WHL) in 02/03, a team that also featured Bears RW Jonas Johansson
Hartford's Craig Weller was a defense partner with Arsene during
the 00/01 campaign with Kootenay (WHL) Grenier, a former 2nd
round pick in 1999 by Colorado, played with Ouellet for 3 seasons
in the QMJHL with Quebec, and with Bears captain Boyd Kane in
Springfield in 02/03 Rullier played 5 straight seasons for Bruce
Boudreau teams in Lowell (2000/01) and Manchester (2001-2005).

Coming Up: Hershey
wraps up its first "3 in 3" (3 games in 3 days) with a Sunday
5 PM face-off against the Binghamton Senators at the Giant Center.
The Bears defeated the B-Sens 4-3 on Friday night in Binghamton,
and lead the season series 1-0-0.

Hartford's Nigel
Dawes (top left) celebrates as his stick-side attempt beats Hershey
goaltender Maxime Ouellet, giving the Wolf Pack a 2-1 lead at
16:03 of the 1st. It was the first professional goal and point
for Dawes.

Ouellet loses his
mask during action in front of the Hershey net in the 1st period.

Hershey's Dwayne
Zinger (left) and Hartford's Martin Grenier grapple during their
fight at the conclusion of the 1st period.

Graham Mink (left)
pockets this power play goal at 18:14 of the 2nd period, pulling
the Bears closer with a 3-2 score in favor of Hartford.

Hershey's Dean Arsene
(left) throws a left during a tussle with Hartford's Joe Rullier
at the 13:16 mark of the 3rd period.

Friday
October 21, 2005 at Binghamton (Posted
Friday 10:22 P.M. EST.)

Special teams rule the roost

Bears bag 4 PP goals en route
to 4-3 win in Binghamton

For the second straight game,
the Hershey Bears surrendered a 3-0 lead, as the Binghamton Senators
stormed back to tie the game on a Joe Cullen short-handed score
from 150 feet away during the 3rd period. Only 17 seconds later
though, Hershey would silence the Broome County Veterans Memorial
Arena crowd, with Tomas Fleischmann pocketing a power play score
to give the visiting Bears a 4-3 lead that would hold for the
final 5 ½ minutes of the game. Hershey (3-1-0-1, 7 points) has
now won three consecutive contests, something they did not accomplish
last season until late December. Former B-Sen Brooks Laich led
the way on offense for Hershey, potting 2 man advantage scores
against his former team, while goaltender Frederic Cassivi (2-1-0-1)
turned aside 28 of 31 shots faced. Filip Novak paced the Senators
(0-2-1-0, 1 point) with a goal and an assist, while goalie Billy
Thompson (0-2-1) finished with 25 saves.

Game Factoids: Hershey
finished 4-9 on the power-play, while Binghamton ended at 2-11
the Bears were outshot by the Sens 31-29. It was the fourth
straight game Hershey has been outshot Binghamton had two, 5-on-3
power play advantages in the game, but were unable to convert
on the :26 and 1:21-long opportunities Laich has now recorded
multiple points in three consecutive games (4G, 2A) Joey Tenute's
1st period power play goal---which was redirected off a Martin
Wilde center point shot---was his 1st career AHL marker RW Jakub
Klepis, D Lawrence Nycholat, D Louis Robitaille each recorded
their first point of the season (assists) Binghamton C Charlie
Stephens, who spent 1 ½ seasons in Hershey from 2002-2004, finished
the game with 2 assists the Bears last scored 4 power play goals
in a game during a 6-4 win on 1/21/01 against the Syracuse Crunch
at Hershey Park Arena after the Bears went up 3-0, Louis Robitaille
and Brennan Evans had a quick fight on the ensuing face-off. Three
seconds later, Owen Fussey and Danny Bois tangled, with Fussey
earning the decision D Dwayne Zinger is the only Bears skater
who has yet to register a shot on goal this season ...Hershey
Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started Dean Arsene and Jakub Cutta
on defense, with Eric Fehr, Laich, and Dave Steckel at forward
scratched from Hershey were: C Jared Aulin (groin), G Kirk Daubenspeck,
D J.F. Fortin (groin), D Mark Wotton (ill) 3 Stars of the Game:
(1) Laich, (2) Fleischmann , (3) Novak referee Chris Brown
attendance: 3,796.

6 Degrees of Separation:
Bears C Brooks Laich began his pro career with the Senators in
2003/04 before a trade with Washington sent him to Portland
Daubenspeck was a teammate of Sens LW Denis Hamel with Rochester
in 99/00 Binghamton RW Jeff Heerema skated with Nycholat in
Hartford during the 03/04 campaign Fehr played alongside Senators
LW Greg Watson during the 2002/03 season with Brandon (WHL)
Binghamton's Brennan Evans was a blueline partner with Arsene
during the 2001/01 season in Kootenay (WHL) Senators D Jan Platil,
a healthy scratch in Friday's contest, was teammates with Tenute
for two seasons with the Barrie Colts (OHL).

Coming Up: The Bears
return to the Giant Center for a pair of weekend games, starting
with a 7 PM face-off against the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday.
Hershey will be wearing 1973/74 throwback jerseys, which will
then be auctioned off for charity after the game. It will mark
the only time this season that Hartford comes to Chocolatetown,
with G Maxime Ouellet expected to get the nod in net for the Bears.
Last season, Hershey went 1-1 against the 'Pack. Binghamton will
then make their first of four appearances this season in Hershey
on Sunday, taking on the Bears in a 5 PM matinee.

Sunday
October 16, 2005 (Posted
Sunday 7:21 P.M. EST.)

Current Bears Statistical Leaders
(through 10-16-05)

Games: Nine Players tied at
4

Goals: 3 (J.F. Fortin & Graham
Mink)

Assists: 3 (Jared Aulin, Chris
Bourque, Brooks Laich)

Points: 5 (J.F. Fortin & Brooks
Laich)

PIMs: 12 (J.F. Fortin)

+/-: +3 (Jakub Cutta & Tomas
Fleischmann)

PPGs: 3 (J.F. Fortin) SHGs: 1
(Tomas Fleischmann)

GWGs: 1 (Eric Fehr & Graham Mink)

Shots: 12 (J.F. Fortin & Graham
Mink

Games: 3 (Frederic
Cassivi)

Wins: 1 (Frederic
Cassivi & Kirk Daubenspeck)

Losses: 1 (Frederic
Cassivi)

Shutouts: N/A

G.A.A.: 2.01 (Kirk
Daubenspeck)

Save %: .941 (Kirk
Daubenspeck)

Saturday
October 15, 2005 vs. Norfolk (Posted
Sunday 12:15 A.M. EST.)

Fehr Factor

Rookie has hand in all 3 goals
to lead Hershey to 3-2 win

On the strength of a three
goal cushion, the Hershey Bears held on to defeat the Norfolk
Admirals 3-2 before 6,316 fans Saturday night at the Giant Center.
First-year pro Eric Fehr led the way on offense for Hershey, bagging
two scores---including the game-winner---and assisting on the
third as the Bears (2-1-0-1, 5 points) made it two straight victories
this weekend. Goaltender Kirk Daubenspeck (1-0-0), making his
first start of the season for Hershey, turned aside 32 of 34 shots
faced for the win. Nick Kuiper paced the Ads with 2 assists, while
goalie Corey Crawford (0-2-0) suffered the loss in net for Norfolk
(1-3-0-0, 2 points).

Game Factoids: Face-offs
won (unofficial): Hershey: 30, Norfolk: 32 Hershey finished
1-8 on the power-play, while Norfolk ended at 0-8 the Bears
were outshot by the Admirals 34-25. It was the third straight
game the Bears have been bested in the shot department after
killing all 6 Norfolk power plays in the contest, the Bears' PK
unit now stands at 90% this season (28-31) C Brooks Laich, who
has now recorded back-to-back multi-point games, has 4 points
in the last 2 contests (2G, 2A) Hershey mustered just 3 shots
in the 2nd period Fehr's power play score came on a Hershey
2-man advantage LW Tomas Fleischmann nearly notched his 2nd
short-handed goal of the season almost 5 minutes into the 1st
period. After exiting the Hershey penalty box following his hooking
minor, he picked off a Norfolk pass in the Bears zone and raced
to the Admirals end, where he was stopped by rookie netminder
Corey Crawford Hershey successfully stymied a :55 Norfolk 2-man
advantage in the 1st period Norfolk came within inches of tying
the contest, but an Ads' shot hit the crossbar in the game's final
second Bears D Martin Wilde made his 05/06 debut after being
a healthy scratch in the first 3 games Hershey Head Coach Bruce
Boudreau started Lawrence Nycholat and Dwayne Zinger on defense,
with Chris Bourque, Owen Fussey, and Laich at forward scratched
from Hershey were: D Dean Arsene, RW Jakub Klepis, RW Eric Labelle,
and LW/D Louis Robitaille 2 members of the US Army Repel Team
zoomed down ropes from the top of Giant Center to deliver the
game puck 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fehr, (2) Daubenspeck, (3)
Laich referee Ryan Fraser.

6 Degrees of Separation:
Admirals C Mark Cullen was a teammate of Bears D Lawrence Nycholat
during the 2002/03 season with the Houston Aeros Norfolk D Dustin
Byfuglien played alongside Hershey LW Eric Fehr for 11 games over
two seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) Bears C Jared
Aulin teamed with Ads captain Ajay Baines, as well as LW Mike
Brown with Kamloops (WHL) in 98/99. Brown would go on to play
with Hershey's Brooks Laich in Bingamton during the 03/04 campaign.
Norfolk RW Steve Crampton was a teammate of Laich for 2 seasons
with the Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) Norfolk G Adam Munro (#29)
was selected one spot ahead of Hershey C Dave Steckel (#30) in
the 1st round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

Coming Up: The Bears
are off until next Friday, when they travel to the Broome County
Veterans Memorial Arena to take on the Binghamton Senators at
7:05 PM. Last season, Hershey went 3-3-0 against the Ottawa affiliate.

Game Factoids: Hershey
finished 2-8 on the power-play, while Rochester ended 1-9 the
Bears were outshot by the Amerks 37-25 in addition to an assist,
LW Tomas Fleischmann registered Hershey's first short-handed score
of the season, and ended with a game-high +3 Graham Mink's 1st
period tally was the Bears' first even strength goal of the 05/06
season. He is the only Bear to record points in all 3 games this
year (3G, 1A) D J.F. Fortin, who switched from jersey #7 to
#19, finished with 2 assists, and now has 5 points (3G, 2 A) in
his last 2 games speedy Rochester LW Michael Ryan, who netted
the Amerks' second goal of the game, ended with a game-high 7
shots Hershey successfully killed two, 5-on-3 shorthanded situations
in the 1st period Rochester entered the game having nullified
all 19 shorthanded situations faced this season through 3 games
this season, the Bears have quashed 22 of 25 man-down situations
(88%) to start the contest, Hershey Head Coach Bruce Boudreau
started Dean Arsene and Fortin on defense, with Chris Bourque,
Jonas Johansson, and Laich at forward Bears D Martin Wilde was
scratched for the third straight game, while LW Owen Fussey, RW
Eric Labelle (groin), G Maxime Ouellet, and C Joey Tenute did
not make the trip Americans Head Coach Randy Cunneyworth was
seeking to become only the third coach in team history to record
200 wins behind the bench former Rochester Head Coach Mike Keenan,
who led the Amerks to the Calder Cup Championship in 82/83, attended
the game 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fleischmann, (2) Cassivi,
(3) Laich referee Dean Morton Hershey leads the all-time series
196-170-53-3.

6 Degrees of Separation:
Bears G Kirk Daubenspeck played 22 games for the Americans during
the 1999/00 campaign Amerks D Dan Focht played alongside the
Bears' Boyd Kane and Dean Arsene with the Regina Pats in 96/97.
Focht and Rochester G Jean-Marc Pelletier teamed with Kane with
the Springfield Falcons in 02/03 Rochester's Nathan Paetsch
played with Hershey's Tomas Fleischmann and Owen Fussey with Moose
Jaw (WHL) during the 2002/03 season Americans D David Cullen
was a defense partner of Bears D Lawrence Nycholat for 2 seasons
with the Houston Aeros Amerks LW Gregory Campbell is the son
of former Bears D Colin Campbell.

Coming Up: The Bears
return to the Giant Center for a 7 PM face-off against the divisional-rival
Norfolk Admirals on Saturday. Last season, Hershey finished 4-6-0
against the Ads, including a 3-2-0 mark at home.

Wednesday
October 12, 2005 (Posted
Wednesday 11:11 P.M. EST.)

Boyd's Bears

Veteran Kane named captain for
05/06 season

On Wednesday, Bears President/General
Manager Doug Yingst, as well as the Hershey coaching staff, announced
that RW Boyd Kane has been named captain for the 2005/06 campaign.
Kane, 27, will assume a role he's very familiar with, having served
as captain the three prior seasons between the Springfield Falcons
(02/03) and the Philadelphia Phantoms ('03-'05). Last season,
he led his Phantoms club to the Calder Cup Championship, sweeping
the Chicago Wolves in four straight games. Kane joins former defensemen
Brett Clark ('03-'05) and Brent Thompson (02/03) as the only captains
the Bears have known since the team moved to the Giant Center
in 2002. He had worn an alternate captain's "A" in the two previous
games this season, but will don the "C" for the first time when
Hershey visits Rochester Friday night at 7:30 PM.

In addition, the Bears announced
that defensemen J.F. Fortin and Lawrence Nycholat will serve as
alternate captains for all home games this season, while RW Graham
Mink and D Mark Wotton will sport the "A" on all road contests
in 05/06. If any of the alternates would be injured or recalled,
defensemen Dean Arsene and Dwayne Zinger would become alternates.

Tuesday
October 11, 2005 (Posted
Tuesday 10:57 P.M. EST.)

Green-lighted

Rookie d-man gets recalled to Capitals

On Tuesday, the Washington
Capitals announced that they have recalled rookie defenseman Mike
Green from the Bears. Green, who will turn 20 on Wednesday, was
summoned to the nation's capital after RW Stephen Peat went down
with an upper body injury. After a strong training camp, he was
one of the last cuts before the Capitals opened the regular season
against Columbus on October 5th. In two games in Hershey this
season, he registered zero points and two penalty minutes. The
former 1st round pick is expected to make his NHL regular season
debut when the Capitals travel to Carolina to take on the Hurricanes
Wednesday at 7 PM.

Bears on the move:
Former Bears captain Brad Larsen ('97-'01, '02-'04) was sent down
to the Chicago Wolves on Tuesday Chris Bala ('03-'05), who most
recently spent time in this year's Bears camp before getting reassigned
to the Reading Royals (ECHL) last week, has signed a PTO with
the Milwaukee Admirals Brad Norton (01/02), who was cut recently
from the LA Kings, has signed with Jokerit in Finland Nicolas
Corbeil, who joined Hershey late last season, was released from
his PTO with the Houston Aeros.

Fortin's 'Trick not enough

Bears drop second straight with 4-3 shootout
loss to Wilkes-Barre

First, the good news: the
Hershey Bears scored 3 power play goals, all by defenseman J.F.
Fortin. The bad news: the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (3-0-0,
6 points) erased a 2-goal deficit and pocketed 3 straight scores
before winning 4-3 in a 6-round shootout Sunday evening at the
Giant Center. Fortin, who's hat trick was the first of his career,
led the way on offense for Hershey, while goaltender Frederic
Cassivi (0-1-1) turned aside 32 of 35 shots faced. Michel Ouellet,
who pocketed the winning tally in the shootout, finished with
a goal and an assist, while netminder Dany Sabourin (1-0-0) stopped
31 of 34 shots in his first start of the season. Hershey (0-1-1,
1 point) has now lost 8 straight games, dating back to the 2004/05
campaign.

Game Factoids: Face-offs
won (unofficial): HER: 46, WBS: 33 Hershey finished 3-12 on the
power-play, while Wilkes-Barre ended at 2-9 the Bears were outshot
by the Pens 35-34 Fortin posted a game-high 7 shots Hershey
had an apparent goal waived off with 1:59 left in the overtime
frame, as referee Chris Ciamaga ruled that the puck did not cross
the goal line WBS rookie Stone potted his 2nd goal in as many
games against Hershey this season Whitney (1G, 1A) and Christensen
(2A) also registered multiple points in the contest for the visiting
Penguins G Andy Chiodo, who was summoned to the Pittsburgh Penguins
from the Wheeling Nailers (ECHL) on Saturday, served as back-up
to Sabourin. While Chiodo was demoted, G Marc-Andre Fleury---who
earned the win versus Hershey Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre---was
promoted to Pittsburgh on Sunday the Giant Center crowd erupted
into cheers during the 1st period when former Bear Dennis Bonvie
was leveled by Klepis in front of the WBS bench the last Bear
to net 3 power play goals in a game was David Masse against Albany
on 12/17/04 the Bears debuted new-style white home jerseys
faces in the crowd included future NHL Hall of Famer Raymond Bourque,
who watched his son Chris record his first career AHL multi-point
game the Bears are now 2-1-1 in Giant Center season openers
scratched from the Hershey lineup were: Ds Jakub Cutta and Martin
Wilde, LW Tomas Fleischmann, C Joey Tenute, RW Eric Labelle, and
G Maxime Ouellet 3 Stars of the Game: (1) Fortin, (2) Ouellet,
(3) Sabourin Attendance: 8,488.

Coming Up: The Bears
next head to the Blue Cross Arena in western New York, where they'll
face off against their longtime AHL counterparts, the Rochester
Americans, Friday night at 7:35 PM. Last season, Hershey finished
1-1 versus Rochester, including a surprising 6-1 road win on March
25th.

Penguins D Ryan
Whitney (left) gets his stick a little too close to Hershey's
Graham Mink during 1st period action.

Hershey's Brooks
Laich finds the top shelf over Sabourin to tie the shootout at
2-2 during the 4th round. As the final shooter in the 6th round,
Laich would come up short-handed, resulting in Wilkes-Barre's
4-3 victory.

Power plays fail Bears in 2-1
loss to Pens

The 68th edition of the Hershey
Bears debuted with a 2-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
before 8,245 fans Saturday night at the Wachovia Arena at Casey
Plaza. As a new era began as the Washington Capitals affiliate,
the Bears (0-1-0), who managed just one tally in 11 man advantage
opportunities, dropped their seventh straight decision dating
back to last season. Graham Mink tallied a power-play goal to
lead the way on offense for Hershey, while goaltender Frederic
Cassivi (0-1-0) turned aside 24 of 26 shots faced. Rookies Ryan
Stone (short-handed) and Jonathan Filewich paced the scoring for
WBS (2-0-0), while former 1st overall pick Marc-Andre Fleury (2-0-0)
stopped 26 shots en route to victory for the home team.

Game Factoids: While
Hershey finished 1-11 on the power-play, Wilkes-Barre ended 0-7
on man advantage opportunities the Bears outshot the Penguins
27-26 to begin the game, Bears Head Coach Bruce Boudreau started
Mark Wotton and Jakub Cutta on defense, with Eric Fehr, Chris
Bourque, and Dave Steckel at forward with a captain yet to be
named, Boyd Kane, Lawrence Nycholat, and Wotton served as alternate
captains for Hershey with an assist on Mink's man advantage
score, Fehr earned his first professional point Hershey registered
the game's first 10 shots on goal WBS' first shot on goal came
on Stone's 1st period short-handed tally Kane registered a game-high
5 shots dating back to last season, Hershey has now lost 7 straight
games when Harry Dumas officiates opposing goalies Cassivi and
Fleury both hail from Sorel, Quebec scratched from Hershey were:
C Jared Aulin, RW Jonas Johansson, RW Eric Labelle, D Martin Wilde,
and D Dwayne Zinger G Maxime Ouellet, who cleared waivers and
was assigned to Hershey on Friday, did not dress with Pittsburgh
Penguins G Jocelyn Thibault suffering an injury during Saturday's
morning skate, Andy Chiodo---who has spent time with WBS over
the last 2 seasons---was summoned to Pittsburgh from Wheeling,
WV, where he's currently in training camp with the ECHL's Wheelers
3 Stars of the Game: (1) Filewich, (2) Stone, (3) Fleury.

6 Degrees of Separation:
Wilkes-Barre RW Dennis Bonvie spent the last season and a half
with Hershey before signing with Wilkes-Barre this past summer
Hershey's Fehr and WBS' Stone were teammates for the last 4
seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) Aulin and Pens C
Erik Christensen were teammates for 3 seasons with the Kamloops
Blazers (WHL). Christensen also played with Johansson for 2 seasons
in Kamloops Bears D J.F. Fortin played alongside Penguins G
Dany Sabourin for 2 seasons with Sherbrooke of the QMJHL Hershey
G Maxime Ouellet was a teammate of Pens LW Guillaume Lefebvre
during the 00/01 season in Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL).

Coming Up: On Sunday,
the Bears return to Chocolatetown for the fourth home opener in
Giant Center history, finishing a home-and-home series with the
Penguins at 5 PM. Hershey is 2-1 in home openers at Giant Center.

Notes:
On Thursday, the Bears trimmed their roster by sending hard-nosed
left winger Robin Gomez to South Carolina. In the same afternoon,
Washington recalled Miroslav Zalesak, who had just reported to Hershey
the day before A rumor is circulating that G Maxime Ouellet has
been placed on waivers by the Capitals, and will be assigned to
Hershey if he clears The Bears roster is lined with five former
1st round picks (Eric Fehr, Mike Green, Jonas Johansson, Jakub Klepis,
Dave Steckel), as well as four former 2nd rounders (Jared Aulin,
Chris Bourque, JF Fortin, Cutta). On the other side of the coin,
there are seven players who were not drafted by an NHL club (Dean
Arsene, Eric Labelle, Graham Mink, Lawrence Nycholat, Louis Robitaille,
Martin Wilde, Dwayne Zinger) Bourque and Green, two early-season
rookie-of-the-year candidates, will be the first pair of teenagers
to play for Hershey in the same season since the trio of Jeff Chychrun,
Brian Dobbin, and Greg Smyth did it in the spring of 1986 In what
is likely a first in Bears history, two players on the same team
share the same birthdate, with centers Aulin and Steckel each sporting
March 15th, 1982 on their birth certificates. Not to be outdone,
LW Robitaille was born the following day (3-16-82) Hershey last
opened the season at home in 2001, losing 5-2 to Worcester in what
was the final home opener at Hershey Park Arena the last time
the Bears hosted a home opener on a Sunday was on 10-8-95, when
the Carolina Monarchs left Chocolatetown with a 6-3 win Hershey
is 33-30-4 all-time on opening night, and sport a career mark of
23-39-5 for first road game of the season.

Former Bears on the move:
C Gavin Morgan, who had signed to play in Switzerland for the upcoming
season, returned to North America, and made the Peoria Rivermen's
opening night roster D Ed Campbell, who played his one and only
career game with Hershey on opening night of last season, has signed
with the Cleveland Barons Goalies Tom Lawson and Tyler Weiman,
who were originally sent to Lowell recently, both appear on the
San Diego Gulls' training camp roster.

Tuesday
October 4, 2005(Posted
Tuesday 11:46 P.M. EST.)

Addition By Subtraction

Washingto cuts impact Hershey
roster

3 PM came and went on Tuesday,
with no immediate press releases from the Washington Capitals
formally announcing their opening night roster. When it was released
though, there were no major surprises. Hershey, who already boasted
an impressive defensive corps, received a shot in the arm with
the addition of three more blueliners: Jakub Cutta, rookie Mike
Green, and former AHL All-Star Lawrence Nycholat. Also, right
winger---and former AHL All-Star---Miroslav Zalesak was assigned
to the Bears. With Zalesak, Hershey's roster now stands with 6
veterans, one over the AHL limit. The status of Zalesak playing
in Chocolatetown is uncertain, as the veteran of 268 AHL/NHL games
has a clause in his contract that allows him to return to Europe
if sent to the AHL. Even with the releases of LW Chris Bala, and
Ds Deryk Engelland and Jeff State, the Bears docket is now at
27 players. Obviously, some Hershey cuts will likely occur before
Saturday's season opener in Wilkes-Barre, with a goaltender and
at least one defenseman and forward getting the pink slip. Stay
tuned

Notes: Also on Tuesday,
the Capitals plucked G Brent Johnson from waivers, selecting the
one-time Blues and Coyotes netminder from Vancouver. It is not
yet known if Washington is looking to move either Gs Olaf Kolzig
or Maxime Ouellet Zalesak finished with 75 points during the
2003/04 campaign, tied with former Bear Eric Perrin for 3rd place
in AHL scoring. His 35 goals that season led the Cleveland Barons,
and were good enough for 3rd in the circuit Nycholat played
alongside Bears D Dean Arsene with the Hartford Wolf Pack in 02/03
Former Bear Raitis Ivanans (00/01) made the Montreal Canadiens
opening night roster on Tuesday, the Chicago Wolves released
Greg Barber (04/05) and Vlad Serov (00/01) one-time Bears D
Brad Norton (01/02) was released by the LA Kings on Monday Michael
Henrich (02/03), who spent last season in Switzerland, will play
in Germany this year .